Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Board" means the Kerala Khadi Workers' Welfare Fund Board constituted under section 6; (b) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of 9; (c) "Contribution" means the sum of money, payable to the Fund under section 4; (d) "Cost Chart" means the Cost Chart approved and enforced by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission from time to time; (e) "Family" means,- (i) husband, wife, minor sons, unmarried daughters; (ii) father and mother, who are dependent upon the Khadi Worker; (f) "Fund" means the Kerala Khadi Workers' Welfare Fund established under section 3; (g) "Khadi Institution" means the Kerala Khadi and village Industries Board constituted under the Kerala Khadi and village Industries Board Act, 1957 (9 of 1957); Societies registered or deemed to be registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 (21 of 1969) or the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955 (12 of 1955) or the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act XXI of 1860) and engaged in the production of Khadi with the financial and technical assistance from the Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board or from the Khadi and Village Industries Commission constituted under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (Central Act LXI of 1956); (h) "Khadi" means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yearn handspun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns; (i) "Khadi worker" means any person employed through Khadi Institutions and engaged in the production of Khadi or doing any work in connection with the various processes in khadi industry and gets his wages from such institutions and includes any other person engaged in Khadi industry whom the Government may by notification in the Gazette from time to time declare to be Khadi worker for the purposes of this Act. Explanation.-- If any question arises to whether a person is or is not a Khadi worker for the purpose of this Act, the question shall be referred to the Secretary, Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board or an officer authorised by the Government in this behalf whose decision thereon shall be final. (j) "Member" means a member of the Fund' (k) "Person" includes a company, a firm, an association of individuals, Societies registered or deemed to be registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 (21 of 1969) or the Travancore-Cochin, Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955 (12 of 1955) or the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act XXI of 1860); (l) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) "Processes in khadi industry" means processing of cotton, silver yearn production, processing of yearn for weaving, weaving, designing, dyeing or bleaching of Khadi yarn pr Khadi cloth, printing and finishing of Khadi products; (n) "schedule" means the schedule to this Act; (o) "scheme" means a scheme framed under section 3; (p) "Wages" means wages payable as prescribed in the Cost Chart; (q) "year" means the financial year.